Category: Fit

Source: https://www.dennislane.com.au/equine-back-profiling-system/ WHY USE THE DENNIS LANE SYSTEM? Many saddle makers and tree makers use the “Dennis Lane Card system” for the following reasons. Simplicity – This is by far the simplest, quickest and easiest method of any that we know of at this time. A complete set measurements of one horse can be achieved in…

Source: https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/understanding-tree-measurements/why-we-use-hand-hole-width-instead-of-gullet-width/ What gullet width is meant to do Traditionally, the gullet width measurement has been used to set the spread between the bars.  However, the front of the gullet is a very inconsistent place to measure for bar spread as explained below.  The front gullet width measurement can easily be changed without altering the real width…

Source: https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/understanding-tree-measurements/bar-angles-why-the-numbers-are-meaningless-between-makers/ Introduction Different methods have been tried over the years to be able to compare the fit of trees between tree makers.  One of the latest is talking about bar angles, the most common being 90 and 93 degrees.  But how do you know the angle at which the tree maker sets the bars? …

Source: https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/tree-and-saddle-fitting/measuring-horses-for-fit/ Why to measure Right off the top, we want to make it clear that we don’t build trees to fit just one horse.  We build trees to fit a body type  – and every horse (unless they have been damaged in some way) fits into a body type.  The idea that if you get a saddle…

Source: https://rodnikkel.com/content/tree-and-saddle-fitting/factors-that-affect-tree-fit/index.html Introduction When the rider is in contact with the saddle, what he feels is primarily the result of the work of the saddle maker.  What the horse feels is primarily the result of the work of the tree maker.  So getting the correct fit is the job of the tree maker, based on…

Source: https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/what-do-quarter-horse-semi-quarter-horse-and-full-quarter-horse-/ Actually, nothing really that specific…  While there was a good reason they were initially used, things have changed over the years so now they are very general terms only.  So unless you are comparing trees made from the same tree maker, not just the same saddle maker (and very often in production saddles you…